Rory Markham vs. Rudy Bears on tap for Titan Fighting Championship 18

The silver-screen dreams of Rory Markham haven’t dulled his desire to fight, and the welterweight veteran will soon get a chance to do just that.

Markham (18-6) has been booked to meet Rudy Bears (12-7) at Titan Fighting Championships 18, which takes place May 27 at Memorial Hall in Kansas City, Kan., and airs live on HDNet.

“Rory vs. Rudy has the chance to be a tremendous standup battle between two fighters who don’t know how to have a boring fight,” Titan Fighting Championships CEO Joe Kelly stated in a recent press release.

It’s Markham’s first fight since his release from the UFC, which came in spring of last year following a first-round TKO loss to Nate Diaz at UFC 111. He had previously taken on Dan Hardy at UFC 95 and suffered a first-round KO loss.

The Pat Miletich protégé was due to fight at Bellator26 in a qualifier bout for the promotion’s season-four welterweight tournament but was forced to withdraw due to a lung problem. Following his loss at UFC 95, Markham said he fought with a collapsed lung due to an extreme weight cut.

Lately, the fighter has been far more active with another passion, that of film acting. Markham plays a major role in the upcoming heist flick “Setup” alongside Bruce Willis, 50 Cent, Ryan Phillipe and Randy Couture, and this past August had a minor role in “The Experiment” with Adrien Brody and Forrest Whitaker.

“I know that I’m a fighter first,” Markham said of his recent acting gigs. “But I know that my career and my destiny is definitely going to end up in that realm.”

Rudy Bears returns to action after a disappointing showing in his first fight for Titan. The Bellator vet took on Jason High and got choked out in the first round by a guillotine choke.

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